B
New England Patriots
The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Harris: B.
by Rob ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 10 steals
· 1 reaches
The Patriots did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Tre Harris fell into Round 7, Pick 14. The bottom line is a respectable B.
The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. If Loveland pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 16 they get a long-term starter on the line, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
In slot 24 they get a workhorse for the backfield, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
Malaki Starks in the Round 2 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A reach on Colston Loveland in the 47th pick; the board had better options right there. The roster fit checks out.
They will replay Tyler Booker at the 72nd overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
The board fumbled Wyatt Milum all the way to pick No. 85, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Jahdae Barron at No. 108 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Walter Nolen in Round 5, Pick 6 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
You do not let a running back like Kalel Mullings reach Round 7, Pick 2 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They barely believed it either: Josaiah Stewart still on the board at pick No. 218. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Taking Tre Harris in the 228th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
